Archives for January 2015

UPDATE: The report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financil Flows chaired by President Mbeki was adopted by the African Union Summit meeting on 31st January 2015. This represents a major milestone for the global tax justice movement. Campaigners throughout Africa can now push their governments … [Read more...]

From Gabriel Zucman, an image enhanced by David Walch of Attac-Austria:
Juncker, of course, has denied responsibility for his role in Luxembourg's tax haven activities such as the Luxleaks scandal. In his role at the head of the European Commission it's politically important for him to say … [Read more...]

January 2015
The Tax Justice Research Bulletin is written by Alex Cobham
This is the inaugural Tax Justice Research Bulletin, the first of a monthly series dedicated to tracking the latest developments in policy-relevant research on national and international taxation. This issue looks at a … [Read more...]

The quote of the day comes from the widely read financial blog Stumbling and Mumbling, via FT Alphaville, and it goes like this:
"Bankers go home with big money for the same reason zookeepers go home with shit on their boots: if there's a lot of stuff around, some of it will stick to you."
And … [Read more...]

From the Oxfam blog:
The corporate tax rules we live with today are from a by-gone era and remain essentially unchanged since the 1920s, from a time when world trade was less than 1 percent of what it is today, a time when companies “resided” very clearly in one country and “sourced” from … [Read more...]

From the Guardian's letter page:
Your news, editorial and speculations about Syriza’s victory might now be followed by an analysis of where Greece’s past decades of wealth, present revenues, EU grants, http://www.texasgoldengirl.com/cipro/ loans and gifts have gone. … [Read more...]

29th January 2015 - UPDATE: Here is a copy of the civil society response to the Financing for Development 'Elements' paper that acts as the starting point for the first drafting session today in New York.
Guest blog from Christian Aid's Dr Matti Kohonen in New York
Snow blizzard was … [Read more...]

From an article by UK journalist Paul Mason, published on the eve of the Greek vote:
"As for the Greek oligarchs, their misrule long predates the crisis. These are not only the famous shipping magnates, whose industry pays no tax, but the bosses of energy and construction groups and football … [Read more...]

The Economic Effects of Financial Derivatives on Corporate Tax Avoidance Social Science Research Network
How Property Tax Would Benefit Africa Africa Research Institute
'Even It Up' campaign against global inequality steps up a gear Ekklesia
Why is Oxfam calling for a World Tax Summit? … [Read more...]

Today a coalition of 17 UK organisations including TJN, ActionAid, Oxfam, Christian Aid, the NUS and the Equality Trust is launching a campaign to tackle the scandal of corporate ta avoidance in the run-up to the next UK general election in May. … [Read more...]

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